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In 1980, the free market economist Julian Simon made a bet with environmentalist Paul Ehrlich. The author of “The Population Bomb,” Ehrlich believed population growth would doom humanity. Simon believed the opposite — and he was proven right. After Ehrlich’s death, Julian’s son David reflects on the bet and the far-reaching effects of the disproven claim that Ehrlich never recanted. —Upstream
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